James Chakey
Head Coach · Mercer
Named head coach in 2026
Coach Legacy updates once a year, after the NCAA championship. Last updated: June 2026.
Coach Legacy Score
How it's scored: the board explains the weights (a national title is 100, a Final Four 25, a Tewaaraton winner 25).
Key numbers
- Career W-L
- 0-0
- D1 head coach
- NCAA appearances
- 0
- NCAA wins
- 0
- Final Fours
- 0
- Championships
- 0
- Conference titles
- 0 / 0
- regular season / tournament
- Tewaaraton
- 0 / 0
- winners / finalists
- All-Americans
- —
- USILA 1st / 2nd / 3rd
- Players Drafted
- 0
Every number counts his Division I head-coaching jobs only. — is unknown (not found in the public pages read), never zero. A + means at least that many; * marks a record missing a D1 job or a season.
Career
- 0-0 (thru 2026)
Head coach · 2027–present
Division I head-coaching jobs, the ones Coach Legacy counts. Assistant and non-D1 jobs aren't listed.
Postseason by year
— No season-by-season postseason list in the pages read yet.
Tewaaraton Award
None credited to him as head coach.
Credited to the head coach of the player's school that season. Winners 2001–2026; finalists 2024–2026 only (older finalist lists aren't on the foundation's site).
All-Americans
— USILA's full lists couldn't be read yet, so no All-American is counted for any coach. What his school says is below.
In the school's words
- “Wertheim was eventually selected with the 26th overall pick by the California Redwoods in the Premier Lacrosse League's (PLL) college draft (a Brown player he coached as an assistant)” source
Quoted, not counted: bios mix All-America selectors, assistant years and pro leagues.
Sources
- https://mercerbears.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/coaches · name and title
- https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/7/24/mens-lacrosse-james-chakey-named-mens-lacrosse-head-coach · year named head coach, career stops, record, career record, record at his school, read for conference tournament appearances (not found), read for conference wins (not found), the school's own words
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_III_institutions · division
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_lacrosse_programs · division
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_lacrosse_tournament_appearances_by_school · NCAA appearances, NCAA wins, Final Fours
- https://usila.org/sports/2015/10/27/GEN_1027151106.aspx · title games, championships
- https://soconsports.com/standings.aspx?standings=244 · conference titles
Pages read on 2026-10-04, 2026-10-05, 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-08.